Activities
28 – 29 November 2025
Mediterranean Agronomic Institute
Chania, Crete
Recalibrating the geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean in the 21st Century
Two days, four panels, one great conversation
The conference/workshop brought together academics, diplomats, and practitioners for three distinct panel and round-table discussions, along with two keynote speakers, over the course of two days in a retreat-style setting. The event addressed the challenges of demography and immigration, as well as energy and democracy in the region.
Each panel featured five to six presenters, each delivering a 5–10 minute presentation. A round-table discussion followed, which was open to the public.
The event was organised by the Institute of Eastern Mediterranean Studies in the framework of the EU co-financed project CITYMOVE – Communities Innovating Traffic Yielding a Multimodal Optimised Vicinal Environment, which promotes sustainable urban mobility initiatives in the region.
3 – 8 March 2025
IEMS Security and Diplomacy in the Eastern Mediterranean
Diplomacy and (In)security in the Age of Tourism and Scarcity of Resources
As we move to the second quarter of 21st century, global security and diplomacy is not just defined by traditional dimensions of the past. Beyond the geopolitical framing of the 19th and 20th century, the Westphalian state is being challenged by issues that transcend the hard-shell of state borders. Immigration, terrorism, pandemics are just some of the challenges we have, and we are witnessing over the last decade. It’s also becoming increasingly clear that there is a congruence of issues that are at times moving policy experts and practitioners in different dimensions, as we have just witnessed at the COP29 meeting in Baku. During the first week of March 2025, the IEMS Seminar will examine the role of diplomacy and the growing insecurity for the race for resources and the service industry of tourism in the sensitive and central region of the Eastern Mediterranean.
In association with the Institute of Eastern Mediterranean Studies, with sponsorship from SEESOX.
9 December 2004
European and Transatlantic Security Conference at Oxford
On Monday, 9 December, the Eastern Mediterranean Programme at Oxford hosted a high-level conference on “Unveiling the operational interconnectedness of Euro-Atlantic security” at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford. The event, organised in partnership with Cyprus’s Security and Defence Academy and coordinated with the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office, explored shared security threats across regions including the Eastern Mediterranean, Ukraine, and continental Europe.
15 October 2024
Energy and geopolitics in the Eastern Mediterranean
University of Oxford North American Office, New York
featuring US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, Geoffrey R. Pyatt
16 and 17 May 2024
Inaugural workshop
The Eastern Mediterranean: Geopolitical and geoeconomic dynamics
21 November 2023
Rethinking the Eastern Mediterranean in a volatile world
Alexander Clarkson (Kings College London); Galip Dalay (St Antony’s College, Oxford);
Constantinos Filis (American College of Greece); Manal Shehabi (Faculty of Middle Eastern Studies, Oxford)
Chair: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
